Police indentify elderly driver who died in accident

Published 4:32 pm, Tuesday, February 19, 2013

SHELTON -- Police have identified the elderly man who died as the result of a two-car accident Monday on Walnut Tree Hill Road as Robert Bartram.

Bartram, 92, was backing out of his driveway on Walnut Tree Hill Road when the Honda he was driving collided with a Mazda that was traveling north on the street. The Mazda was driven by Julie Hall, 24, also of Shelton.

No charges have been filed in the accident, which happened around 9:30 a.m. near Short Street.

Bartram had to be extricated from the vehicle, but did not have any visible injuries and was conscious and communicating with personnel at the scene, said Lt. Robert Kozlowsky, police spokesman.

He was transported to the hospital after complaining of chest pain and later succumbed to his injuries at the hospital, Kozlowsky said.